Lollipop forced install?

[djs1970]

For months I have refused the Lollipop update. Now it says it has downloaded to my phone and is ready to install. Most of the day it wants me to install it. I don't want it yet and we all know there are too many bugs. How do I stop it trying to install, bearing in mind one day I may want to install it.

[drey_p]

HI there

You have to keep dismissing it if you don't want to install it.  Unfortunately it does seem to be quite persistent about being installed.

It does appear that the latest update to Lollipop for the Vodafone S5 is stable, with a number of users reporting improved battery life over the original version and also that the issues they were having are now gone.  So it may be worthwhile installing it. 

[BandOfBrothers]

Hi


I don't think anyone can blame you for holding off installing this update.

It's still early days from the recent Vodafone patch and not properly tested out by those using it yet.

As the owner of the phone just ignore any prompts. The firmware update will just sit there until you decide to press ahead with it.

Please do create a back up beforehand when you do decide to complete the download.

[djs1970]

Yes I think I'll wait! 4 or 5 prompts a day are a pain, but I'll keep waiting. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of people saying the update is great, you only hear of people who are having problems. 

Although not so bad as the S5 update, I remember the bad S3 update and I don't want to be caught out again! 

I do believe however as with my S3 it will just install automatically eventually! 

[BandOfBrothers]

Hi

Very true although some do act pro actively and report back.

I'm sure from the running thread on the eForum we should get some informative feedback after they've had time to properly see how it behaves on their handsets.

[djs1970]

It just tried to install it OTA. Thankfully it failed!

[drey_p]

It may be worth installing it anyway - from what I am seeing on here, people are commenting that it is stable.

Obviously the best thing to do is a hard reset after installing it - that way you get rid of the old bits of code that can cause issues.

[djs1970]

Just an update. Since the forced install OTA which failed, the prompts to install have gone. Now it is back to the download option where you can delay download. I now see the message may be once a day.

[BandOfBrothers]

This must be better for you.

Glad this is resolved in the interim until you decide to take the next step.